Culinary utensil.



I. I. BURNS & W. H. FLYNN.

CULINARY UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 26 ISIS.

1,241,818. I Patented ont. 2,1917.

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`UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J'. BURNS AND WILLIAM H. FLYNN,` OF SHORTSVILLENEW YORK. i

CULINARY UTEN SIL.

v *To all whom z'tmmay/ concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN J. BURNS and Winnimr H; FLYNN, citizens of the United States, residineat Shortsville, in the county of Ontario and State of New York have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Culinary Utensils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in culinary utensils or vessels, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed device of this character of increased elficiency and wherein means are provided for disposing of the fumes rising from the uten'# sil7 and wherein the labor incident to assembling the parts is materially decreased.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction'ashereinafter shown and described, and then specifically pointed out in the claims; and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention Figure 1 is a perspective view from beneath of the cover portion of the improved device;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view from above of the receiver portion of the utensil;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail illus trating the construction of the holding device between the receiver and the cover;

Fig.` 4 is a sectional detail illustrating the construction of the device for disposing of the fumes.

` Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device comprises a receiver for the material to be cooked and a cover for the same. These parts may be of any required size and of any required shape, but are preferably circular. The receiver is rep resented conventionally at 10 and provided with a relatively wide flange 11 at its upper edge, while the cover, represented conventionally at 12, is provided with a corresponding lateral flange 13 at its lower edge, the two flanges engaging face to face, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and l, when the cover is disposed upon the receiver.

At one portion, one of the flanges is formed with a projection, while the other flange is formed with a socket to receive the projection when the receiver and its cover are assembled. The projection is preferably Specification of Letters Patent.

i Patented Oct. 2i, 1917.

Application filed January 26, 1916. Serial No. 74,380.

upon the flane'e of the receiver, while'the socket is pre erably in the flange l`of the cover, as illustrated in Fig. 3. "The projection 1s preferably struck up by a suitable die at its outer edge, while the socket islikewise struck up from the `flange of the re-` ceiver by a suitable die. The projection is: represented conventionally at 14, while the socket is represented conventionally at 15. Preferably the projection will be relatively short, as illustrated in Fig; 4:, while the socket will be relatively long so that a considerable degree of play is permitted `rota` tively' between the cover and the receiver. In locating the cover upon the receiver' the socket can thus be more readily disposed over the projection, and will not require the nicety of adjustment which would otherwise be necessary.

Formed within the receiver 10 is a tubular member, represented as a whole at 16. The member 16 communicates through the bottom of the receiver, as represented at 17, and is of less length than the height of the receiver' so that a space is left between the top of the conduit 16 and the top of the receiver, as illustrated in Figs. 9. and 3. The tubular member 1G may be located at any desired point upon the vertical wall of the receiver,' but will preferably be spaced a short distance from the projection 14:, as illustrated in Fig. 2. By this simple means when the parts are united and the utensil disposed over the griddle opening of a stove the fumes which arise from the material being cooked will pass downwardly wit-hin the tube 16 and into the lire and thence be conducted, together with the smoke and other products of the combustion, into the chimney and prevented from passing into the room in which the utensil is located. It will be noted that the receptacle `and its cover are freely separable so that access may be readily had to the contents thereof and also to facilitate cleaning the parts when necessary. It will also be noted that the upper surface of the projection 14: and the wall of the socket 15 are curved or rounded so as to form in effect a hinge when the parts arc assembled and thus permit the cover to be slightly tilted when desired without liability of accidental displacement of the parts.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured and is convenient for use and enables the operator to readily locate the cover arable members provided VVWith flat coaoting laterallyy extending flanges, the peripheral edges of which are smooth andunobstrueted, the flat face of the flange of one of the membersbeng providedwvith a Socket and the flat face ofthe flangeof the other member with n a projection adapted to y'enter fthe, socket, hthe socket being of greaterlength than the projection thereby to permit rotative movement. of one member with reepect tothe other,`

2. Aeo'olngvessel inoluding freely sepvineliiis arable members each provided Witha laterally extending circumferential flange the peripheral edge of ,Whichis `smoothand unobstructed, said `flanges being provided with ooacting faces flat throughout their entire Widths, the flat face of the flange of one member being upstruclr to form a Socket andthe flat face of `the flange of the other member being upstruck to form a projection of less length than the socketlandadaptedto enter the latter, thev Wall of the socket being curved'for engagement Withy a correspondingly curved face on ythe projection Whereby ,'to'pe'rmit oneof the'members to `betilted with respect to theotherwvithout entirely separating Said members. In testimony whereof We aliix our signatures. j

JOHN J. BURNS@ [1.. s.] WILLIAM I-I. FLYNN. [n s.]

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